Department of English

List of 200-Level English Courses

In engaging with great literary and rhetorical works as well as extraordinary works in other media, students in 200-level English courses develop skills of critical reading and writing, dialoguing with professors and peers, and adopting an analytical and culturally literate stance towards the communities to which they belong, whether locally, nationally, or globally.

Upon completing a 200-level course in literature in the Department of English at UW Oshkosh, students should be able to:

Define key terms related to literary techniques, movements, and/or historical periods as relevant to the specific focus of the course.

Understand texts as carefully constructed artifacts whose final shape reflects a series of choices consciously made to prduce meaning

Analyze texts for their formal characteristics, their subject matter, their emergence out of specific historical contexts and the connection amongst these elements.

Compose an effective, mechanically sound critical argument that defines a thesis and supports that thesis with evidence.

Retrieve, evaluate and summarize scholarly sources within the field and/or purview of literary studies

Recognize the place of literary study as an indispensable component of a Liberal Education that uniquely cultivates critical thinking, communication skills and creative capacities.

Understand the ways in which reading literature helps us develop empathy, develops our social imaginations and expands the boundaries (geographical, chronological, ontological) of our world.

The following list constitutes all of the 200-level English courses that may possibly be offered. Please note that not all of these courses will be offered in a given semester.

201 Introduction to Health Humanitites

205 Literature from a Global Perspective

206 Rhetoric, or the Art of Moving Souls

207 Introduction to Professional Writing

210 Classical and Medieval Literature

211 British Literature I

212 British Literature II

213 American Literature I

214 American Literature II

219 African American Literature

220 Native American Literature

221 Asian American Literature

224 Women in Literature

225 Modern British Literature

226 Modern American Literature

227 Modern World Literature

228 Honors: Modern American Literature

229 Honors: African American Literature

231 Literature and Film

236 Foundational Texts of Western Literature

243 Introduction to Nature Writing

244 Japanese Nature Writing

247 Introduction to Shakespeare

283 Speaking Globally: The Political, Economic and Cultural Power of Language